Catalon receives ECAC ‘outstanding coverage’ award

CBS Sports Network play-by-play voice Andrew Catalon, an Albany resident and former WNYT sports anchor, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Eastern College Athletic Conference-Sports Information Directors Association award for “for outstanding coverage of Eastern intercollegiate athletics.”

Catalon, who will call NCAA Basketball Tournament games for CBS/Turner Sports on Friday and Sunday from San Diego, will receive the Monahan & Wallace Media Award, given to an individual in either print or electronic media.

“I am so honored to receive this award,” Catalon said in a statement.

“Andrew set himself apart by willingly doing the legwork to cover all aspects of the Capital Region sports scene,” said David Alexander, the assistant athletic director for communications at the College of Saint Rose and past president of ECAC-SIDA. “His dedication to the area’s entire sports scene allowed him to leave a unique impression on college athletics within the area. He is the rare individual whose work ethic and passion rise to the level of his exceptional talent.”

Catalon spent nearly 10 years at WNYT before accepting a position to do play-by-play with CBS Sports Network in July 2013.

He lives in Albany, New York with his wife, Jessica. You can find Andrew on twitter at @andrewcatalon.

The award is named after newspaper reporters Bill Wallace of The New York Times and Bob Monahan of the Boston Globe. Those who have won the award, in addition to Wallace (1989) and Monahan (1984), include Joe Concannon of the Boston Globe (1971), Dan Castellano of the Newark-Star Ledger (1979), Jim O’Connell of the Associated Press (2003) and Mel Greenberg of the Philadelphia Inquirer (2006).